11. Types of Positional Number Systems No No 0, 1, … 9, A, B, … F 16 Hexa-decimal No No 0, 1, … 7 8 Octal Yes No 0, 1 2 Binary No Yes 0, 1, … 9 10 Decimal Used in computers? Used by humans? Symbols Base System
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16. Binary Number System Base (Radix) 2 Digits 0, 1 e.g. 1110 2 The digit 1 in the third position from the right represents the value 4 and the digit 1 in the fourth position from the right represents the value 8. 1 8=2 3 1 1 0 4=2 2 2=2 1 1=2 0
17. Decimal Number System Base (Radix) 10 Digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 e.g. 7475 10 The magnitude represented by a digit is decided by the position of the digit within the number. For example the digit 7 in the left-most position of 7475 counts for 7000 and the digit 7 in the second position from the right counts for 70. 7 1000 100 4 7 5 1 10
18. Octal Number System Base (Radix) 8 Digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 e.g. 1623 8 The digit 2 in the second position from the right represents the value 16 and the digit 1 in the fourth position from the right represents the value 512. 1 512=8 3 6 64=8 2 2 8=8 1 3 1=8 0
19. Hexadecimal Number System Base (Radix) 16 Digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F e.g. 2F4D 16 The digit F in the third position from the right represents the value 3840 and the digit D in the first position from the right represents the value 1. 2 4096=16 3 F 256=16 2 4 16=16 1 D 1=16 0